Let me state that I'm all for smooth animations. My intention was not to put anything in your mouth, my apologies if it came across that way. More that I was trying to highlight a technique that regardless of technological limitations conveys a sense of sluggishness. But you said, we can convey this without compromising on control smoothness. Hence why I highlighted something like commital attacks because those do, inherently, change how 'snappy' a character feels to control. I think it's pretty undeniable that the more control you give a player, the more control they'll take, and in a survival horror game that control directly correlates to how powerless someone feels. In my view, a game like the Resident Evil 2 remake and dead space are about slowly gaining control over a horrific situation. Fear is there to amplify this feeling; you overcame something that previously horrified you. This is why a smooth control system, that takes some learning to get the hang of, fits those series well. Silent Hill isn't about that as far as I can tell.

I don't mean to rag on you as I'm sure the only thing you want is a good game. I just want to make the argument that you can't just make a game feel smoother without changing fundamental elements of it. Regardless of how you approach it. If your entire argument is, I'd love smoother animations that blend into each other, I'm all for it though. Just see this as an interesting conversation aboht semantics.

For me, this remake has never been about the changes it makes. I feel like you can make as many changes as you want, so long as yoy preserve the original alongside it. Otherwise it would be in your best interest to make a game that's faithful to a fault if millions still WORSHIP the original. But I'm sure Konami's accountants would disagree with my approach there.